Vascular viewpoint

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-78

  Mohammed, Naufal ^a   Anand, Sonia S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 18744383993     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1358863x05vm588xx     Document Type: Article

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